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KEARNY, New Jersey — When the pig is on the roof, people know “The Sopranos” are not far behind.The life-size pig sits on an old boarded-up building that will soon come to life as Satriale’s, a fictional pork store where Tony Soprano and his Jersey c...
DATE: Mar 24, 2007
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BEIJING (AP) — Shops and restaurants atop the Great Wall of China are being given the shove as part of a move to restore the original appearance of the country’s best known historical site.Since the 1950s, more than 30 small commercial outlets from t...
DATE: Mar 24, 2007
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NEW YORK (Reuters) — Blackstone’s pending $4-billion initial public offering may be tempting for individual investors, but shareholders beware: the firm’s growth will be tough to maintain, and its business difficult to grasp, IPO analysts said yester...
DATE: Mar 24, 2007
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An announcement on whether a UK airline has been granted permission to operate budget flights between London and Bermuda is expected to be made this weekend.
Zoom Airlines applied earlier this month for a licence to run the twice-weekly flights from ...
DATE: Mar 24, 2007
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Sam Strangeways
Despite the majority of his MPs signing a motion calling for him to go Wayne Furbert was still clinging to the United Bermuda Party leadership last night.
But UBP senior statesman Quinton Edness said with the numbers against him Mr. Furbert’s positio...
DATE: Mar 24, 2007
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What’s on at BIFF today:
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It’s a Wrap: The 10th Annual Bermuda International Film Festival draws to a close with the Wrap Party tonight at Fairmont Hamilton Princess hotel, from 9 p.m. until the early hours. Tickets $85 can be purchased at the ...
DATE: Mar 24, 2007
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A week from now, the rate at which Bermuda charges foreign currency purchase tax (FCPT) will double. A few letters have been received on the subject. The main thrust is whether Bermudians would do well to exchange their Bermuda dollars now, rather th...
DATE: Mar 24, 2007
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TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index ended nearly 100 points higher, boosted by energy issues, which rose on fresh Middle East tensions spurred by Iran's seizure of 15 British navy personnel, as well as by strength in financial...
DATE: Mar 24, 2007
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ROME (Reuters) — Ransom rumours in Iraq and Afghanistan are nothing new, but Italy’s public admission of a “prisoner swap” with the Taliban sets a dangerous precedent which raises the stakes for Western hostages, analysts say.The government of Prime ...
DATE: Mar 24, 2007
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Dear Annie: I read the letter from “California Dreamer”, a woman of merely 59, who writes about how OLD she is now that she can’t see shampoo bottles or tolerate scratchy labels in her clothes, etc. I am 63, and I don’t have all this trouble. I never...
DATE: Mar 24, 2007
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